India cruised to a comfortable seven-wicket victory in the first T20I. Azmatullah Omarzai’s unbeaten 64 had rescued Afghanistan from 43-5 to a respectable 156-8, but Abhishek Sharma starred with a blistering 32-ball 82 to take his side through. The second T20I was almost a carbon copy of the first. India managed the exact same result (a win by seven wickets), riding on the performances of Nitish Kumar Reddy (3-0-24-3) and Sanju Samson (22-ball 57).

Abhishek Sharma, who also went past Sahibzada Farhan in the latest men’s T20I batting rankings after his exploits in the series opener, batted Afghanistan out of the contest in the final T20I. He registered the fastest T20I hundred (30 balls) for a full-member batter. His 34-ball 108 helped India get to 221-7 and eventually register a massive 127-run win.

ICC men’s T20I team rankings: Updated table after India beat Afghanistan 3-0

Following their dominant display, India earned a rating point to stay at the top of the rankings with 269 points. On the other hand, Afghanistan remained tenth with 220 points. Meanwhile, England, who have already sealed the ongoing three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka with one game to go, have also earned a point to get to 269, but stand second behind India.

1		64	17201	269
2		40	10742	269
3		38	9868	260
4		50	12348	247
5		53	12881	243
6		57	13679	240
7		56	13079	234
8		53	11860	224
9		46	10124	220
10		39	8565	220
11		29	5942	205
12		59	11911	202
13		20	3650	183
14		24	4311	180
15		41	7358	179
16		43	7699	179
17		23	4116	179
18		57	9961	175
19		43	6619	154
20		26	3864	149

Note: Rating is calculated by dividing the points by the number of matches. India’s rating comes to 268.76, followed by England’s 268.55, both of which are rounded off to 269.

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